Prof. Alessandra Tiziana Peana has a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Sassari and has obtained a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (University of Genoa). She has been a graduate technician at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and subsequently a University Researcher for the SSD BIO/14, at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy (formerly Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Sassari). Since joining the role as a Researcher, she has taught Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy at the CTF and Pharmacy (University of Sassari), as well as teaching at the specialization school in Hospital Pharmacy and for the CdS in Biotechnology. She is responsible for the well-being and health of experimental animals by being part of the respective ethics committees from 2006 to the present (University of Sassari). She was President of the CdS in Pharmacy for the 2012/2015 three-year period (Sassari University). She has participated as a component and as principal investigator in research projects eligible for funding on the basis of competitive calls and maintains national and international collaborative relationships and has participated in various national and international conferences as a speaker or as invited speaker for her studies on the motivational properties of substances of abuse, as well as on the pharmacological activity of substances of natural origin.